Could the United States Handle 300 Million Migrants?
June 20, 2022
In a recent article titled, “An Open Borders World”, a Gallup World Poll survey showed that nearly 15 percent of the world’s adults would migrate out of their countries if they could. This means that over one billion people – yes, one billion people – want to migrate to another country permanently. The most attractive destination country is the United States, where 21 percent of migrants seek to relocate to. That accounts for over 300 million people who would like to enter the United States alone. Following the United States are other popular destination countries, including Canada, Germany, France, Australia, the United Kingdom, and even Saudi Arabia that might have to cope with a massive influx of immigrants one day, albeit on a much smaller scale compared to the United States.
The population of the United States has been steadily increasing over the past few decades with immigration as the primary driver. According to an analysis by the Center for Immigration Studies, the U.S. has a foreign-born population approaching 50 million. This is over ten million more foreign-born residents than the EU combined. In 2021, the U.S. immigrant population increased by 1.6 million people primarily driven by loosened border security. The majority of these immigrants are coming from Central and South America where poverty is rampant. As a result, illegal border crossings are the highest they have ever been in our nation’s history. This research also suggests that by 2060 the United States will add over 79 million more people, which would bring our total population to well over 400 million.
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2022/06/20/could-united-states-handle-300-million-migrants
